Swaying alone in a dark corner

June 21, 2010

Vancouver indie pop outfit No Kids recently released the funkified new EP Judy at the Grove. You can read my review of the disc over at the Georgia Straight.

Here’s the EP’s opening song, the quasi-title track “At the Grove.” It’s a sweet piano pop tune with a lazy summer-by-the-pool vibe. It sounds like something that could have appeared on either of the last two Belle & Sebastian albums. (“Judy at the Grove and the Dream of Horses” anyone?) The strings, horns and harmonies build up as this one goes along, with some choppy guitars thrown in just to keep it funky.